Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Louisiana.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Criminology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Louisiana.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 93000 | 0.8722 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3819 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.4382 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4461 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4965 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | University of Southern Maine | 15400 | 23000 | 0.3301 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15400 | 19300 | 0.2021 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 21 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 28600 | 0.4344 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 22 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 24 | Coker University | 17200 | 47800 | 0.6404 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 25 | Avila University | 17300 | 67600 | 0.7446 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 26 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 27 | Fort Lewis College | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3578 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 27 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 29 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 29 | University of California-Irvine | 18900 | 35300 | 0.4651 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 19000 | 36100 | 0.4734 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 33 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 34 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 35 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 38 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | McMurry University | 20700 | 46600 | 0.5563 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 41 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 20900 | 23300 | 0.103 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 43 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21000 | 30000 | 0.3016 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 44 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 45 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 46 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 49 | Rosemont College | 22000 | 38100 | 0.422 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 49 | Tabor College | 22000 | 55600 | 0.604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 51 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4937 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 52 | Cottey College | 22400 | 37300 | 0.4011 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22500 | 33900 | 0.3361 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 55 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6557 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4542 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 57 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23000 | 35400 | 0.3498 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2884 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 23400 | 58100 | 0.5977 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.551 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24000 | 29800 | 0.1931 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 62 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 24400 | 57000 | 0.5715 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 65 | Hamline University | 24400 | 56500 | 0.5677 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 65 | Loyola University New Orleans | 24400 | 71000 | 0.6563 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | Old Dominion University | 24400 | 32100 | 0.24 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 65 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 70 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 70 | University of Mobile | 24500 | 44500 | 0.4491 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 72 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 73 | University of Lynchburg | 24800 | 54900 | 0.5483 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 75 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 76 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 76 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25200 | 76300 | 0.67 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 78 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 80 | Western Kentucky University | 25300 | 26800 | 0.0561 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 81 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 82 | St. Mary's University | 25600 | 55900 | 0.5422 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 83 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 84 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 84 | Marquette University | 26000 | 65700 | 0.6039 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 84 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Indiana State University | 26500 | 30900 | 0.1425 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 89 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 90 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 47100 | 0.4307 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 90 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 92 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27000 | 37200 | 0.2738 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 93 | Saint Edward's University | 27100 | 71900 | 0.6227 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 93 | The University of Tampa | 27100 | 56900 | 0.5233 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 96 | Webster University | 27300 | 54300 | 0.4969 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 97 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 97 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27500 | 40900 | 0.3278 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 27600 | 37800 | 0.27 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 102 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 102 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 105 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5373 | 1,833 | 1153 | 0.7381 | |
| 107 | California State University-San Marcos | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2576 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28600 | 29800 | 0.0403 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 110 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 111 | Assumption University | 28800 | 74400 | 0.6133 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 112 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 112 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 114 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 115 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29500 | 38000 | 0.2239 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 118 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 119 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3988 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 122 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 122 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 124 | Lander University | 30400 | 37000 | 0.1785 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 125 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 127 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 128 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 128 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 130 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 131 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | University of Rhode Island | 31900 | 46700 | 0.3169 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 134 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 135 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32400 | 34400 | 0.0603 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33200 | 40400 | 0.178 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 138 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33600 | 68400 | 0.5088 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 140 | Emmanuel College | 33800 | 68300 | 0.5054 | 1,909 | 1260 | 0.7565 | |
| 141 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 142 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 143 | Saint Anselm College | 34300 | 73700 | 0.5346 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 143 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 146 | St. John Fisher University | 34600 | 63700 | 0.457 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 147 | University of Denver | 34700 | 76800 | 0.5481 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 149 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Texas | 37300 | 43600 | 0.1446 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 156 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37500 | 44100 | 0.1496 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 160 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 160 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 164 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 168 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 170 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 171 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47600 | 58800 | 0.1905 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 182 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 183 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 184 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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